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A new apartment complex is springing up in West El Paso.
The Housing Authority of El Paso, also known as HOME, was established in 1938 to provide low-cost housing to low-income residents of El Paso. Today, HOME is the 14th largest public housing authority in the nation, providing homes for over 52,000 residents across 99 communities.
A new apartment complex from the El Paso Housing Authority, HOME, is being built on the West Side on Mesa Hills Drive.
Over the past decade, HOME has been recognized multiple times by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a high performer in both the Public Housing and the Housing Choice Voucher Programs and has won praise from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials with numerous Awards of Merit and one Award of Excellence.
Where is it?
The new HOME development will be at 1040 Mesa Hills Drive, according to the city’s permit and licensing page.
The site is located just off Sunland Park Drive in a neighborhood behind a shopping center that includes Barnes & Noble, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Target. The new development will be located in the Colinas Del Sol neighborhood, according to the address listed on the city’s permit database.
What was there before?
The new HOME apartment complex will be located on a 3.49-acre stretch of land in the Colinas Del Sol neighborhood.
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The development will comprise four buildings housing 64 apartment units and a community building.
Who is the contractor?
The application for the project was submitted by Frederic Dalbin of Wright and Dalbin Architects in El Paso.
The project is valued at just under $2.5 million.
Adam Powell covers government and politics for the El Paso Times and can be reached via email at apowell@elpoasotimes.com.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: New 64-unit HOME development coming to West El Paso